Swimlanes

Hide/collapse swimlanes#

Use the hide empty swimlanes icon to hide all that do not currently contain tasks.

Hide empty swimlanes icon on the Virto Kanban Board toolbar — Hide empty swimlanes

Using the relevant icon, you can collapse or show all the swimlanes at once.

Icon to collapse or expand all swimlanes at once on the Virto Kanban Board — Collapse all swimlanes

Switch swimlanes#

You can switch swimlanes directly on the board to view tasks grouped in swimlanes. There is no need to open the settings and make modifications—choose the desired swimlane field from the drop-down menu.

Selecting a swimlane field from the drop-down menu to regroup tasks on the Virto Kanban Board — Change a swimlane view

Quick boards have swimlanes organized by a project by default. You can change it by choosing the desired view from the “View by” drop-down menu.

View by drop-down menu for choosing swimlane grouping on a Virto Kanban quick board — "View by" drop down menu

If you want to create a new project, create a new task and type the name of your new project at the bottom of the task card.

Creating a new task on the Virto Kanban Board to add a new project — Add task

Typing a new project name at the bottom of a Virto Kanban Board task card — Provide your project name

Click “Save & Close”.

Here is what swimlanes look like, viewed by project (you can hide or expand them by clicking the “+” or “-” icon to the left of the project name):

Virto Kanban Board with swimlanes grouped by project, some collapsed and some expanded — Board with collapsed and expanded swimlanes

In the board’s settings, you can edit swimlane names and tick the box to collapse the swimlane by default.

Swimlane settings for editing names and collapsing swimlanes by default on the Virto Kanban Board — Swimlanes' settings

Updated on June 17, 2026